How to Manage the Website

Responsibilities

Regarding Accounts

There is a primary godaddy account for managing the website. Because this account "owns" the website and is "all-powerful" with regards to changes it can make, you should NOT use it for simple updates. It should only be used for adding delegates or updating payment information.

Updating the News Feed

In order to update the news feed, you will need a "godaddy" account with access to this site. If you do not have one, then you will need to REQUEST ACCESS to make changes to the site.

Go to: https://www.godaddy.com
Click on 'Sign In' in the upper-right corner.
Once you are signed in to your account, select the 'V' next to your username in the upper-right corner.
Select 'Account Settings' from the drop-down menu.
Select 'Delegate Access' from the list on the left.
Under the 'Accounts I Can Access' column will be 'SU412 GSGLA'. Select 'Access Now'
Select the 'LCF Girl Scouts' site.
From the menu on the left, select 'Marketing' --> 'Blog'
Click on the 'Start from Scratch' button located on the right side of the page.
MAKE THE NEWS POST
Don't forget to choose a 'category' from the list on the right.
Click on 'Publish' to post the news right away or 'Delay Publish' to schedule when it should be made available.

Adding Calendar Events

The calendar of events is automatically populated from the Service Unit Google Calendar. This is the calendar that is associated with the lcfscoutswebmail@gmail.com account.

If you are a Service Unit Manager:

Open the Google Calendar
Add the Event

If you are someone else, you can ask a SUM to add your event, or:

Using your own google calendar, create an event.
Invite the service unit "lcfscoutswebmail@gmail.com" to your event.
Wait for a SUM to accept the invitation, thus putting it onto the calendar.

Adding Content / Editing Pages

In order to update any page, you will need a "godaddy" account with access to this site. If you do not have one, then you will need to REQUEST ACCESS to make changes to the site.

Go to: https://www.godaddy.com
Click on 'Sign In' in the upper-right corner.
Once you are signed in to your account, select the 'V' next to your username in the upper-right corner.
Select 'Account Setting' from the drop-down menu.
Select 'Delegate Access' from the list on the left.
Under the 'Accounts I Can Access' column will be 'SU412 GSGLA'. Select 'Access Now'
Select the 'LCF Girl Scouts' site.
On the right-side of the page that loads will be an 'Edit Website' button. Click on that to get into the site editor. Optionally, you can click on 'Website' on the left-hand side, then 'Edit Website' from the page that loads.
Once your changes are ready to go live, click on the 'Publish' button at the top of the editor pages.

Requesting access to edit the website

NOTE: This is not for everybody. This is only for a small number of individuals who are responsible for the content posted on the website. If you are a troop leader who wishes to have something posted, then send an email to 'lcfscoutswebmail@gmail.com' with the details of what you wish to have posted.

If you already have a godaddy account, then skip ahead to step #4

Go to: https://www.godaddy.com
Click on the 'V' in the upper-right next to "Sign In"
Select "Create An Account" and follow the rest of the process until you can sign in to your account.
Once you have an account, send an email to 'lcfscoutswebmail@gmail.com' requesting access. You will need to include your godaddy username, email, and who you are.
You will need to wait for someone to give you access permission. You will receive an email once that happens.
The email you receive will have a link to click on for you to accept the permissions.
Now you can edit and make changes to the website.

Managing Access to the website

This is something that can only be done by the primary account that "owns" the website. Access should only be granted to those individuals that will be responsible for maintaining the website content.

Go to: https://www.godaddy.com
Click on the 'V' in the upper-right next to "Sign In"
Sign in with the login information for the "owner" account of the website. If you do not know what this is, then STOP and contact the person responsible for the website.
Once you are signed in to the account, select the 'V' next to your user name in the upper-right corner.
Select 'Account Settings'
Select 'Delegate Access' from the list on the left.

To Add a new user:

Under "People who can access my account", select "Invite to Access" at the very bottom.
Fill out the form with the godaddy username and email address for the person requesting access.
Under "Access level requested" select "Products & Domains"
Click on the "Invite" button to send them the confirmation email.
Let the requestor know that they should look for a confirmation email from godaddy.

To Remove an existing user

Under "People who can access my account" find the person whose permissions you wish to remove.
Select 'edit'
At the bottom of the pop-up, select 'delete' (you will only be deleting their access, not their account).